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The 2011 World development report looks across disciplines and experiences drawn from around the world to offer some ideas and practical recommendations on how to move beyond conflict and fragility and secure development. The key messages are important for all countries-low, middle, and high income-as well as for regional and global ...

September 9, 2010. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Development Report 2011 team, the World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2011. WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2011. BACKGROUND PAPER. REPRESENTATIONAL MODELS AND DEMOCRATIC. TRANSITIONS IN FRAGILE AND POST-CONFLICT STATES. Jack A. Goldstone George Mason University. September 18, 2010. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors.

rst World Bank Development Report (World Bank 1978, p.77) and a few other countries that we regard as industrialized by the 1970s. 1 2.2 Data We alternate between three datasets in our analysis. Most of the outcome indicators are measured in ve-year intervals, so most analyses are based on a dataset containing one observation for each

The amounts are generally small, however: the OECD (2009a, p. 95) reports that in 2006 only 0.087% of official development assistance was dedicated to "tax-related tasks," and that only one-eighth of this ($11 million worldwide) went to fragile and conflict-affected countries, primarily Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Kenya.

Sets up the questions the Report (WDR) seeks to address on what spurs violence; why conflict prevention and recovery have eluded solutions; and what can be done by national leaders and their development; security; and diplomatic partners to restore a stable development path in the most fragile and violence-torn areas. The basic framework of the WDR focuses on lessons learned about the dynamics ...

The World Bank's World Development Report 2009 was one acknowledgement that this needs to change. Fields (2007) suggested that one implication was that our understanding of labour markets in developing countries is at the (low) level that poverty thinking, knowledge and policy were at some two or three decades ago.

ployed for the 2011 World Development Report. Section 3 introduces the conflict data. Section 4 presents a series of "onset models," and includes consideration of some factors that have not been much examined in the existing literature, such as the relationship between human rights abuses by government and civil war risk.

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2011 BACKGROUND PAPER FIRST, DO NO HARM—THEN, BUILD TRUST: ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGIES IN FRAGILE SITUATIONS Michael Johnston1 Department of Political Science Colgate University September 2010 The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors.

The 2011 World Development Report: Conflict, Security and Development (WDR) is a document by the World Bank on the challenges organised violence poses to the advancement of less developed countries. The report finds that over the last 30 years poverty has been reduced for most of the world's population - but this is not the case for the estimated 1.5 billion people living in countries blighted ...

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2011 BACKGROUND PAPER TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, SECURITY, AND DEVELOPMENT SECURITY AND JUSTICE THEMATIC PAPER Pablo de Greiff Research Unit Director International Center for Transitional Justice October 29, 2010 The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the author.

November 5, 2010. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Development Report 2011 team, the World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

This and other works referenced in this paper are discussed in greater detail in the Congo Literature Review paper (not public). All data come from the World Bank data set prepared for the World Development Report. The data show a vertiginous decline, including a 55% decline in ten years, between 1991 and 2001.

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2011 BACKGROUND NOTE TIMOR-LESTE'S RECOVERY FROM THE 2006 CRISIS: SOME LESSONS Doug Porter and Habib Rab November 2, 2010 The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Development Report 2011 team, the ...

This world development report aims to sharpen the discussion on what can be done to support societies struggling to prevent or grapple with violence and conflict. ... the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries ...

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The World Investment Report 2011 forecasts that, barring any economic shocks, FDI flows will recover to pre-crisis levels over the next two years. The challenge for the development community is to make this anticipated investment have greater impact on our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Development Report 2011 team, the World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. 1. Introduction.

Noncommunicable diseases are the leading killer today and are on the increase, the first WHO Global status report on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) launched today confirms. In 20081, 36.1 million people died from conditions such as heart disease, strokes, chronic lung diseases, cancers and diabetes. Nearly 80% of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries.Noncommunicable ...

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The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Development Report 2011 team, the World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. 1. Introduction.

The World Meteorological Organisation said the global mean near-surface temperature for each year from 2024 to 2028 is expected to range between 1.1 and 1.9 degrees Celsius hotter than at the start of the industrial era. ... according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Still, experts say that's well below what's ...

July 30, 2010. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Development Report 2011 team, the World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.